Well after tinkering with my batch compressionscript i also tried to fire up some paths with spaces and as always problems arise. Im trying to generate md5 hashes for comparison reasons before fireing up the compressor. Therefor i need to loop over every file to generate a hashsum. (for anyone interested heres my whole script : https://pastebin.com/qgWC4mY8)
Folder = working Directory
fileToCompress = folder inside working directory with files to generate checksum from
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
...
echo Hashing a Folder
cd "%fileToCompress%"
for /R %%f in (*.*) do (
REM hashing the found file and saving the hash in variable
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`"%~dp0\md5.exe" -n "%%f"`) do set "hash=%%i"
REM removing leading absolut path with advanced nested for loops
Set "OldPath=%%f"
for %%b in ("!Folder!") do set "str2=!OldPath:%%~b=!"
Echo !hash! !str2!
ECHO !hash! !str2! >> "%~dp0\compress_hash.txt"
)
cd "%~dp0"
my problem lies in the second for loop :
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%i in (`"%~dp0\md5.exe" -n "%%f"`) do set "hash=%%i"
As i need to absolut reference the md5.exe and the file %%f to hash corretly. So i need to enshure that the leading command path is seen as the main command and the filepath %%f is seen as one absolut path to a file to hash.
Long story short. Whatever i do either the second path isn't enclosed as one single parameter, or if i enclose both with doublequotes, the main command loses enclosure. Is this a bug/missing feature in batch scripting? Are multiple quoted strings allowed?
edit 1: The errors are either : (fail to encapsule main command)
Der Befehl "J:\Extracted\FINAL" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
konnte nicht gefunden werden.
or fail to encapsule %%f with spaces so the md5.exe cant find the path:
Cannot open input file J:\Extracted\Ultima
edit 2: SOLUTION well it sees u need even more quotes to enshure the call get executed enclosed in another cmd:
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('""%~dp0\md5.exe" -n "%%f""') do set "hash=%%i"
